Sixteen of the 36 new inductees in the council of ministers are first-time MPs. IMAGE: MP Annpurna Devi with Prime Minister Narendra Modi before taking oath at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg in New Delhi.......
Polling began to the 69 of the 70 assembly seats of Uttarakhand amid tight security on Wednesday with people queuing up outside polling booths since early morning to cast their votes. -- In......
With 51 candidates withdrawing from the fray on the last day for withdrawal of nominations, the chessboard for the February 15 assembly polls in Uttarakhand is laid out where the ruling Congress......
As many as 14 cases were lodged against sacked Uttarakhand Minority Commission chief Sukhdev Singh Namdhari in various parts of the state, a senior police official said on Saturday. "From murder to......
Nine years after a Public Interest Litigation said that over five lakh people were engaged in manual scavenging across the country, the government on Monday told the Supreme Court that a bill aimed......
A major fire broke out in Britannia Industries’ Pantnagar manufacturing plant on Sunday destroying thousands of tons of biscuits. However, no one was killed or injured in the fire which......
There is a global shortage of lentils. To give relief to common man from skyrocketing prices of pulses, four state governments, including Gujarat, have started selling tur dal at a lower price of......
A maximum quantity of 23,340 tonnes was seized in Maharashtra, followed by 4,525.19 tonnes in Chhattisgarh. The Centre on Wednesday said over 35,000 tonnes of pulses have been seized from 10......